“As Google attempts to grab the headlines with its announcement tomorrow of a fiber initiative for Kansas City that will offer users connection speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, Mayor Stephen Cassidy of San Leandro announced that San Leandro is staking its claim as the fastest city in the nation. San Leandro’s fiber loop, known as Lit San Leandro, became operational earlier this year, offering connection speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second. This is 2,000 times faster than the average U.S. connection and ten times faster than the Google fiber network planned for Kansas City. Moreover, the network will soon support ramping up the connectivity to 100 gigabits per second for businesses needing an even greater connection.”

Less than a year after the City Council approved the project, Lit San Leandro is delivering on its promise of providing fast, fiber optic broadband connections to local businesses.

More information about the partnership with Lit San Leandro is available here. Tellus Venture Associates assisted the City in negotiating and implementing the agreement with Lit San Leandro, and is currently completing a strategic commercial broadband plan for consideration by the city council.